Rep. Lauren Boebert
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Worst Quotes of the Week – July 2, 2022
“The reason we had so many overreaching regulations in our nation is because the church complied. The church is supposed to direct the government. The government is not supposed to direct the church. That is not how our Founding Fathers intended it. And I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk that’s not in the Constitution. It was in a stinking letter and it means nothing like what they say it does.”
Rep. Lauren Boebert, in a speech to parishioners at a Colorado church, referring to an 1802 letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Association in Connecticut
The letter declared, in part, that the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution established a “wall of separation between church and state”.
“I do care. I actually do care to address that and I’m really shocked. I’m actually appalled that Fox News would take a defamatory story like that and we are pursuing legal action against this drag queen, I’m appalled that you would bring that up when you have not talked about our stolen election.”
Kari Lake, a former journalist and current Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, responding to comments she allegedly had made about drag queens
The subject came up during an interview Lake granted to FOX News’ Bret Baier, when Baier inquired about a “Washington Post” story stating that stated: ‘Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake who has attacked drag queens as dangerous to children attended the shows of drag queen Richard Stephens for 20 years and once hired him to perform at her home.’
“My job is to defend state law and I’ll continue to do that. That is my job under the Constitution and I’m certainly willing and able to do that.”
Kenneth Paxton, Texas Attorney General, about Lawrence v. Texas, a 2003 Supreme Court ruling that overturned a state anti-sodomy law and made all such laws invalid nationwide
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Funniest Quote of the Week – February 26, 2022
“It is a Woodstock of the mentally impaired.”
Bill Maher, about some of the speakers at this year’s annual C-PAC convention, on “Real Time with Bill Maher”
Maher identified Glenn Beck, Ted Cruz, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Lauren Boebert and Donald Trump, Jr.
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Worst Quotes of the Week – January 22, 2022
“I saw a large group and made a joke. Sadly when Democrats see the same they demonize my family for a year straight.”
Rep. Lauren Boebert, trying to explain her response to a group of Orthodox Jewish visitors to the U.S. Capitol
The group, whose members donned traditional yarmulkes, was meeting with Rep. Tom Suozzi. Boebert’s remark came just days after a hostage-taking ordeal at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas.
“And the solution is as simple as the problem. Here’s the solution, stop putting up with it. Say no. No, you can’t smoke meth in the park. You’re not allowed to crap on the sidewalk. Pull up your pants and get the hell out of here. Go somewhere with lower standards. Head for a place where politicians don’t care about their people, because we do care and that’s why we’re hauling your tent to a landfill and cutting off your checks today. You are a drug addict. Get a job or leave. This is our city, you are not allowed to wreck it; you didn’t build it.”
Tucker Carlson, suggesting how to deal with homeless people
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Silliest Quote of the Week – May 29, 2021
“My pronoun is ‘Patriot’.”
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), responding to news from various sites such as Instagram and Linked In that will allow users to refer to themselves by whatever pronoun they choose
For the intellectual record, patriot is NOUN – not a pronoun.
Worst Quotes of the Week – May 15, 2021
“We’re not talking about eight-year-olds’ soccer. We’re talking about post-puberty sports. We’re talking about girls who’ve worked their whole lives to earn a scholarship and not have to worry about being outplayed by a boy.”
Rep. Lauren Boebert, about the proposed Equality Act, which would ban discrimination based on gender and gender identity
Boebert also claimed the bill would lead to “women getting in an MMA ring and having their skulls crushed by a man,” among other things.
“Let’s be honest with the American people – it was not an insurrection, and we cannot call it that and be truthful.”
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R – GA), on the January 6 Capital Hill riots
A gun dealer in his first term in Congress, Clyde compared the riots to a “normal tourist visit”.
“It was Trump supporters who lost their lives that day, not Trump supporters who were taking the lives of others.”
Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA), presenting his version of the January 6 riots
Painting the rioters as victims, Hice noted that four of them died, including Ashli Babbitt who was fatally shot. The other three suffered medical emergencies while part of the crowd laying siege to the Capitol. Another victim is Capitol Hill police officer Brian Sicknick.
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